Majority Leader in the National Assembly, Mr Aden Duale, has asked Muslims in Lamu County to ignore the curfew directive by Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo.
In a message posted on his Twitter timeline, Duale said the Islamic religion superseded the curfew order.
“Muslims in Lamu County must go to the mosques for last 10 days Ramadan prayers despite the curfew,” one of his tweets said.
He however acknowledged that enforcing security was paramount.
“Maintaining security in Lamu County is paramount but denying Muslim faithful their religious obligation on this holy month is unacceptable,” he posted.
The Inspector General had ordered all people to remain indoors during the curfew except under and in accordance with terms and conditions of a written permit granted by the County Commander.
“Due to insecurity in Lamu County, I David Mwole Kimaiyo, the Inspector General of Police of the National Police Service in accordance with the provision of the constitution section 8(1) of the public order Act Caps 56 laws of Kenya do hereby issue a curfew order within Lamu County from 20th July 2014 to 20th August from 6.30pm to 6.30am.” The month-long directive is due to take effect on Sunday evening.
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